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KAPALUA, Hawaii – In Maui, it’s all about the winds. The Plantation Course has some the widest fairways and largest greens on the PGA Tour primarily because of the winds that buffet the layout, like those that gusted to 35 mph for the first three days at this year’s Sentry Tournament of Champions. Sunday was […]

KAPALUA, Hawaii – Rory McIlroy added the Sentry Tournament of Champions to his schedule this season for the first time in his career because he wanted to get his year off to a fast start and test his game after an intense offseason. To varying degrees he checked both items off his to-do list. Although he […]

KAPALUA, Hawaii – Rarely can a player point with complete conviction to a singular moment that proved pivotal to victory. In Xander Schauffele’s case Sunday at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, there were actually two moments. Following a bogey at the first hole that dropped him six strokes off the lead, Schauffele rebounded with four birdies […]

Kapalua’s Plantation Course not only offers picturesque views, it also serves as a playground for the PGA Tour’s longest drivers of the golf ball. Eighteen 400-plus-yard drives were sent into the Hawaiian air this week in Maui with Jon Rahm’s 421-yard tee ball on the 17th hole Friday ranking as the longest of the tournament. […]

In the first week of the new year, Brooks Koepka played tournament golf while Justin Rose stayed home. As it turned out, that was all it took to reverse the top two spots in the Official World Golf Ranking. Koepka ended the year ranked No. 1 in the world, but he needed a top-8 finish […]

Prize money payouts and FedExCup points breakdowns for all 33 players at the 2019 Sentry Tournament of Champions, including winner Xander Schauffele: .tg {border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;} .tg td{font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;padding:10px 5px;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;word-break:normal;border-color:black;} .tg th{font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;padding:10px 5px;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;overflow:hidden;word-break:normal;border-color:black;} .tg .tg-1wig{font-weight:bold;text-align:left;vertical-align:top} .tg .tg-s268{text-align:left} .tg .tg-0lax{text-align:left;vertical-align:top} Finish Player FedEx Money 1 Xander Schauffele 500 $1,300,000 2 Gary Woodland 300 759,000 3 Justin Thomas […]

While Gary Woodland appeared ready to start the year with a stress-free victory, Xander Schauffele had other ideas. Here’s how things ended up at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, where Schauffele tied the course record to race past Woodland and top an elite field: Leaderboard: Xander Schauffele (-23), Gary Woodland (-22), Justin Thomas (-18), Rory […]